The Comstar-UTS subsidiary Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) now has 250,000 residential broadband subscribers, having added 41,000 since the end of Q3 2009.
Ericsson completes Tandberg integration
14.18 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
Ericsson has said it has completed the integration of Tandberg Television, which the company acquired in 2007. As a result, the Ericsson brand will now be used for all of the company’s TV solutions.
BBC online soap pulls in 1.7m views
11.57 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
E20, the online spin-off from the BBC soap EastEnders, has reached 1.7 million views since its launch on January 8. The figures compare favourably with conference darling KateModern, produced by Bebo, which at its peak in May 2008 was drawing in 1.5 million views per week.
History launches on Hungary’s FiberNet
09.06 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
History has launched in Hungary on cable operator FiberNet, covering all 77 headends with a fully localised version in Hungarian.
Liberty Global to sell J:COM interest
08.56 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
Liberty Global has announced the sale of its 37.8% ownership interest in Jupiter Telecommunications (better known as J:COM), the Japanese communications provider, to KDDI Corporation, the second largest wireless operator in Japan.
Plan for HD to replace Portuguese pay DTT
08.35 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
Portugal Telecom is negotiating with the regulator Anacom to replace its proposed pay-TV multiplex with a bouquet of high definition channels.
Euronews launches in Turkish language
07.24 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
Euronews will launch its Turkish service this Saturday January 30, at 20.00 CET. The Turkish internet service premiered last Friday, January 22, and features all Euronews programmes on demand.
Russian pay-TV market grows
04.07 Europe/London, January 25, 2010 By
Russia’s pay-TV market grew by 15% in 2009 despite the economic crisis and was worth just over $1 billion (€707 million) at the end of the year.
Germany to decide on future of DVB-H
11.09 Europe/London, January 24, 2010 By
The German state media authorities hope to reach a decision on giving DVB-H mobile TV a second chance by the middle of March. A condition for opening a new tender for a DVB-H licence is that there will be “a relevant interest of the market” for a new 10-year concession.
Numericable carries HD channels in DVB-T
10.49 Europe/London, January 24, 2010 By
France’s largest cable operator Numéricable has started to distribute the terrestrial HD channels in the DVB-T standard in 20 more towns in France.
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